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ZigBee Resources

Up until fairly recently ZigBee and WLAN together were believed
by pundits to be a low data rate and high data rate, respectively,
replacement for Bluetooth. Now, it appears ZigBee will be carving
out a niche below and overlapping with Bluetooth integration opportunities.
As a cheaper to manufacture and simpler to integrate platform, ZigBee
is making rapid advancements. User groups are still hashing out
details, and like with Bluetooth, ZigBee will certainly undergo
a second round of specification tweaking once enough models are
deployed in consumer products to gain significant feedback. Pricing
appears to be in the $1 target range, which does make ZigBee more
attractive then Bluetooth where application do not require more
than a few 10s of kbps data. One big advantage ZigBee has over Bluetooth
is a sleep mode that keeps battery drain to a minimum and allows
some applications to go for years between battery changes. The links
listed here will get you started in your quest for ZigBee technology
information.

According to the
ZigBee Alliance, it derives its name from the zigzag path of
bees that serves to signal a new food source to other members of
the colony. The bee's survival depends on the continuous communication
of information between every member of the colony.

Zigbee Alliance | zigbee.orgThe ZigBee Alliance
is an association of companies working together to enable reliable,
cost-effective, low-power, wirelessly networked, monitoring and
control products based on an open global standard.